Notgrass v. Equilease Corp.

OPINION

BULLOCK, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of the plaintiff in a suit on a sworn account.

We affirm.

The plaintiff sued for breach of a lease agreement involving a commercial truck. The defendant answered “pro se,” pleading legal defenses and offsets to the suit. Thereafter, the plaintiff filed written interrogatories which the defendant did not answer, and, on the plaintiffs motion, the trial court struck all defensive pleadings. As will be hereinafter addressed, the striking of the defensive pleadings is dispositive of this appeal since, pursuant to the…